“M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity” – More Isn’t Enough [MOVIE REVIEW]
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity,” the exquisite new documentary about one of the most inventive graphic artists of all times, beautifully captures why he has been and continues to be revered. Directed by Robin Lutz, it follows a playbook created by Escher himself when he stated, “I fear that there is only one person in the world who could make a really good movie about my prints: myself.” Using that very framework, Lutz and her co-writer Marijnke de Jong masterfully create this film from Escher’s own journals and letters with Stephen Fry voicing the words of Escher. Aided by a wonderful score and use of classical music (sadly, none of which is identified in the end credits), cutting edge animation, and Escher’s own vividly reproduced woodcuts, M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity” is a feast for the eye. Mercifully, there are no annoying reenactments and the very few interviews ably enhance the trip. And “trip” it is. Amusingly, Escher himself was perplexed by the “sudden” fame he experienced during the psychedelic 60s when posters, t-shirts, and tattoos adorned with his prints exploded on the scene. They were the very emblem of this era and for those of you who “lived” through it…
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